He is the longest-serving host in U.S. late night television, having also hosted Late Night with David Letterman on NBC from 1982 to 1993.

“Just meeting David Letterman was a thrill; imagine how exciting it is for me to announce that we will be working together,” said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer of Netflix. “David Letterman is a true television icon, and I can’t wait to see him out in the wild, out from behind the desk and interviewing the people he finds most interesting. We’ll have to see if he keeps the beard.”

Letterman’s Worldwide Pants is co-producing the project along with RadicalMedia.

In his time on late-night, Letterman became known as the premiere interviewer in that space.

Since retiring from his long-running talk show, Letterman has reappeared sporadically in the media.

In October 2016, he led a segment on climate change for National Geographic Channel’s Years of Living Dangerously.